Were you in Austin for the kickoff of last night’s NYLON Winter Music Tour?
Then you saw Friendly Fires and The XX tear it up at Mohawk Music Lounge.
Still waiting for them to come to your city?
Get a sneak peek of the action at photographer Mary Rehak’s Flickr page.
Then get your tickets on nylonmag.com -
We’ve still got two weeks to go!
How much would you pay to see your favorite band perform?
That’s the question I was left pondering while in Miami for the Diesel:U:Music show.
As the Diesel crew explained to me, every time they throw a party, tickets inevitably end up on Craigslist.
Which is fine, except that tickets are free (provided you can swing by a Diesel store before they’re all gone).
So people are spending up to $500 to see musicians like MIA, Lykke Li, and Jemina Pearl perform when they don’t have to.
It got me thinking about how much I would realistically spend to see a band. My max is probably around $50 (unless John and George came back from the dead and reunited the Beatles). What’s yours? xxRebecca
It’s been six years since Elefant’s hit single Misfit played on rock stations like Indie 103.3 in Los Angeles, and for weeks it seemed like the song was on steady repeat.
Now the band has a new album, a new-ish obsession with Lou Doillon, and a new claim to fame:
They played The Gramercy Hotel’s gilded Rose Bar last night - the same hotel where Stillwater wraps up their tour in Almost Famous - to a packed house of Blonde Young Things, making them not just a hot band but a bit of an uptown-girl obsession.
Spotted in the crowd:
Model Lauren Remington Platt, fashion queen bee Valerie Boster, Abaete designer Laura Poretzsky, trouble-making troubadors Jamie Burke and Jamie Biden, and NYLON babies Dani Stahl, Becka Diamond, and Shruti Ganguly.
As for me, I was in a blogger huddle with Natalie Hormilla (style.com), Britt Aboutaleb (fashionista.com) and Carson Griffiths (guest of a guest) - that is, until I basically crawled onstage with the bassist.
Once a band aid, always a band aid… xo faran
Top Five Moments at the Diesel:U:Music show last night in Miami:
5) The rumor that Shaq was coming (he never did show up).
4) Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt winning over the crowd. I was worried a group of dudes were going to start chucking their cups at them, but instead they just laughed, ran onstage, and started dancing with the band.
3) Kid Cudi rolling into the venue with Drake and Young Jeezy by his side.
2) Santigold forgetting the lyrics to “Anne”, then inviting a fan onstage to whisper the words into her ear.
1) Jemina Pearl asking me when she’s getting her NYLON cover.
Beth Ditto and Amy Winehouse have both taken to the stage in the name of Fendi, but the legendary Italian fashion house is going for something a bit different this December.
For Design Miami/, a four-day fair celebrating limited edition design in Florida (no, not this one), the LA-by way of Chicago-band will be performing with very special customized Fender guitars.
And by “very special”, we mean “covered with laser lights and Fendi materials.”
Karl Lagerfeld isn’t behind the ax design (that honor goes to Moritz Waldemeyer), but we think he’d approve, considering that guitar he sent down the Chanel runway last year…
This morning, we played Great DJ by The Ting Tings in the office.
Our music director, John Cramer, came running in.
“Whoa, are you guys playing Eddie Money?”
Uh, no…
Except it turns out, we were.
Eddie Money’s Baby Hold Onto Me and Ting Ting’s Great DJ have the same backbeat and opening riffs!
Trivia that’s only useful during competitive karaoke…
This morning, you watched our NYLON TV Band Crush segment on Best Coast.
And you thought: That’s some good music - how can I get my hands on it?
For a physical copy of her new 7″, you’ll have to wait another two weeks, when its released by the label Black Iris.
But you can download one of the songs right now, without spending a penny.
Just stop by the Black Iris website to get a free copy of “When I’m With You”, the single’s A-side track, onto your iPod. You’re welcome.
On Monday, Plastiscines’ make their CW debut on Gossip Girl (watch it at 9/8c!).
But right now, here’s something else to catch your ear:
A remix of Barcelona from the British electro group, Chew Lips.
You can download it, for free, right here.
Then go to the Gossip Girl fan page. Right now. Because it’s fun to see Katty and Little J dressed exactly the same way.
NotCot points to a new initiative by Britain’s Royal Post:
They’ll release a set of stamps next year based on famous album covers.
Knighted Brits like The Rolling Stones and David Bowie will see their band art turned into postage, as will Led Zeppelin, Coldplay, Pink Floyd, The Clash, and Blur.
The stamps will be created by Studio Dempsey, who already have a sneak preview of them here.
But if America’s post offices planned the same kind of tribute, which U.S. bands would deserve to be featured?! Let us know…
xo faran (who would root for a Bob Dylan / Blonde on Blonde stamp)
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